Name HMS Grampus Commissioned 10 March 1937 Construction started 20 August 1934 Length 89 m Builder Chatham Dockyard | Laid down 20 August 1934 Fate sunk, 16 June 1940 Launched 25 February 1936 Draft 5.13 m | |
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Class and type Grampus-class submarine Displacement 1,810 long tons (1,840 t) (surfaced)
2,157 long tons (2,192 t) (submerged) | ||
HMS Grampus (N56) was the lead ship of her class of mine-laying submarine of the Royal Navy. She was built at Chatham Dockyard and launched on 25 February 1936. She served in the Second World War off China before moving to the Mediterranean Sea. She was sunk with all hands by the Regia Marina on 16 June 1940.
On 16 June 1940, under the command of Lieutenant Commander C. A. Rowe, Grampus was laying mines in the Syracuse and Augusta, Sicily area. She was seen by the Italian Spica-class torpedo boat Circe, which was on anti-submarine patrol with Clio, Calliope, and Polluce. Within a very short time, Grampus was destroyed. Wreckage came to the surface along with air bubbles and oil. Polluce was credited with the kill. There were no survivors. Some sources give the date of this action as 24 June 1940.